**i'm copying this straight from my email, and i don't quite get the way the links came up when i pasted it, but if all else fails, type it in. i haven't made a proper link in so long that i honestly can't remember how to fix it. i'm not joking. i know, it's pathetic.**
please help if you can. so many people abandoned their animals in the wake of the storm - either because they didn't give a fuck or because they were told they had to go without them (i wouldn't have gone two fucking steps without my pets - but that's another rant), and they have no one to take care of them. for every ten or twenty organizations helping the people in the area, there might be one trying to look after the animals left behind. give if you've got it.
DISASTER UPDATE: HSUS TEAMS RUSH TO SAVE STRANDED PETS
Dear Friend,
It is a race against time. At this very moment, thousands
of pets are stranded in New Orleans and Mississippi - scared,
alone, and in some cases on the path to starvation.
We are their last hope. That's why I'm writing to ask if
you could support us today by making a special donation to
the Disaster Relief Fund of The Humane Society of the United
States.
https://secure.hsus.org/01/katrina_relief?source=drfhbv
I'm on the ground in the Hurricane Katrina disaster area,
directing 180 highly trained members of our Disaster Animal
Response Teams. Even as you read this, our team members are
in the hardest-hit areas, running search and rescue missions
to save stranded pets and operating temporary shelters to
evaluate, treat, and house those rescued animals.
Our entire relief effort is funded by donations from people
like you, and we desperately need your support. Please make
an emergency contribution to our Disaster Relief Fund today
(https://secure.hsus.org/01/katrina_relief?source=drfhbv).
If you've already made a contribution to HSUS's Disaster
Relief Fund, thank you so much! Your tax-deductible gift
will be used exclusively for our disaster animal relief work.
We're committed to being here as long as it takes. Please
keep the human and animal victims in your thoughts, and
please consider making an emergency donation today to help
our disaster relief teams save as many stranded and injured
animals as possible. My dedicated corps of professionals and
volunteers here in the disaster zone sends our gratitude.
Sincerely,
Laura Bevan
Incident Commander
HSUS National Disaster Animal Response Team
Jackson, Mississippi
P.S. As the leader of our on-the-ground disaster relief
efforts, I can tell you first-hand that the difficult and
dangerous task of saving animals' lives in disaster
situations is vital not only to the animals, but to the
people who love them, too. Any support you can provide
for our animal relief work is deeply appreciated.
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